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Capitelli, Sarah; Alvarez, Laura; Valdés, Guadalupe – Reading Teacher, 2022
Situated in sociocultural theories of language and literacy, the authors describe an approach to teaching nonfiction text to emergent bilinguals (EBs) through the strategic use of a reading protocol. The protocol focuses on "where" reading text is positioned in a learning sequence and "how" students engage with these texts.…
Descriptors: Reading Instruction, Bilingualism, Bilingual Students, Sequential Learning
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Taylor, Lucy – English in Education, 2022
This paper focuses on "How Texts Teach What Readers Learn" (Meek, 1988) and considers how texts teach readers in a digital age. I use Meek's book as a frame for exploring the ways children learn about narration, structure, voice, discourse and language, and becoming an "insider" in the text. To demonstrate this, I use Meek's…
Descriptors: Reader Text Relationship, Reading Instruction, Writing (Composition), Reading Processes
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Morgan, Denise N.; Evans, Kristen I.; DeFrancesco, Justine – Reading Teacher, 2021
Teaching for theme is one aspect of reading comprehension that is often elusive for both teachers and students. Specifically, teachers are challenged with elevating students' thinking from the plot level to a more abstract level when teaching for theme understanding. Students are challenged with transitioning between the story world and the real…
Descriptors: Reading Comprehension, Literary Devices, Reading Instruction, Story Reading
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Bintz, William P.; Ciecierski-Madara, Lisa M. – Middle School Journal, 2022
This article adds picturebooks to the rich landscape of middle grades readings. It begins with a vignette that inspired this article, followed by an introduction to the changing definitions picturebooks. Next, it provides a brief overview of the different relationships between text and illustrations. Then, it discusses the value of picturebooks…
Descriptors: Middle School Students, Reading Instruction, Picture Books, Definitions
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Natalia Kucirkova – Contemporary Issues in Early Childhood, 2024
Sensory reading refers to reading that engages all six of the human senses - vison, hearing, touch, gustation, olfaction and proprioception. The author proposes that increased attention be paid to the three 'hidden' senses of gustation, olfaction and proprioception to advance innovative reading studies. She articulates the problematic of visually…
Descriptors: Electronic Books, Electronic Learning, Sensory Integration, Olfactory Perception
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Jarvie, Scott – Journal of Language and Literacy Education, 2021
This paper reimagines a quintessential literary practice: close reading. The autoethnographic inquiry examines the relationship between a single text and my experience with it as teacher, student, reader and writer: Jennifer Egan's short story "Black Box". In doing so I make a case for the literary as a useful mode for being and teaching…
Descriptors: Cloze Procedure, Reader Text Relationship, English Teachers, Reading Instruction
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Lucas Kohnke; Frankie Har – RELC Journal: A Journal of Language Teaching and Research, 2024
Perusall, a collaborative reading tool, was introduced in an advanced reading and writing skills course in Hong Kong to increase engagement with texts and encourage critical discussion during the COVID-19 face-to-face class suspension. Students were asked to use the Perusall platform to complete pre-class readings, highlight and annotate text and…
Descriptors: Critical Reading, Learner Engagement, Reading Skills, Reader Text Relationship
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Carducci, Olivia M. – PRIMUS, 2020
The activity described in this paper is based on the idea that reading an introductory undergraduate mathematics text is similar to reading instructions. I want my students to think about how to read when the goal is to learn to complete a task. I give them written instructions for doing a card trick and ask them to complete the trick. The…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, College Mathematics, Mathematics Instruction, Reading Instruction
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de Rijke, Victoria – Education 3-13, 2021
This article covers the contribution reading and stories (children's literature) have made to reading, its study, its material world, and the implications for teaching and learning to read -particularly with picturebooks -- at the heart of that practice. It first explores the category of children's literature as a possible 'lie', but also its…
Descriptors: Childrens Literature, Picture Books, Multiple Literacies, Constructivism (Learning)
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Aukerman, Maren; Chambers Schuldt, Lorien – Reading Research Quarterly, 2021
"Science of reading" is a term that has been used variously, but its use within research, policy, and the press has tended to share one important commonality: an intensive focus on assessed reading proficiency as the primary goal of reading instruction. Although well intentioned, this focus directs attention toward a problematically…
Descriptors: Social Justice, Reading Instruction, Individualized Instruction, Reading Comprehension
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Maguet, McKenna Louise; Morrison, Timothy G.; Wilcox, Brad; Billen, Monica T. – Reading Psychology, 2021
Reading comprehension is the goal of reading, and making inferences is vital. Authors usually expect readers to make multiple types of inferences, including anaphoric, background knowledge, predictive, and retrospective. Common core assessments include all of these, yet instructional materials focus mostly on only one type, retrospective. This…
Descriptors: Children, Reading Comprehension, Reading Instruction, Instructional Effectiveness
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Hoffman, James V. – Reading Teacher, 2017
The author questions the "just right" leveling of student texts as having put limitations on students and teachers in promoting literacy. The historical background for the leveling of text and readers is described. The author identifies a number of unintended consequences associated with the use of leveling and guided reading.…
Descriptors: Literacy Education, Reader Text Relationship, Educational History, Reading Instruction
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Smith, Jennifer M.; Pole, Kathryn – Reading Teacher, 2018
The increase of graphic novels in libraries and schools and on award lists illustrates one way that children's literature is changing. This article explores the relation between words and illustrations in a popular graphic novel. The multimodal format of graphic novels requires readers to consider the words, graphics, panel sizes, and uses of…
Descriptors: Cartoons, Novels, Childrens Literature, Illustrations
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Dorfman, Aviva; Kenney, Christine; Lee, Jennifer Deesta; Dunham, Kathleen – Journal of Early Childhood Teacher Education, 2020
Face-to-face time with students in the early childhood college setting is at a premium and often flies by before we begin to scratch the surface of active learning. Building a community of learners is one of our main goals as instructors; therefore, we strive to set up active learning environments optimal for all students. This reflection on…
Descriptors: Preservice Teacher Education, Early Childhood Education, Active Learning, Learning Strategies
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Deane, Paul – ETS Research Report Series, 2020
A key instructional goal of English language arts instruction is teaching students to read and interpret complex literary texts. This report reviews the literature on the development and pedagogy of literary analysis skills. It analyzes literary analysis skills as a "key practice," a bundle of disciplinary skills and strategies that form…
Descriptors: Reading Instruction, Language Arts, Reading Comprehension, Literary Criticism
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